[6stringmerc]

Is this any better/worse than Facebook actively trying to profit and win over users when people or organizations copy / upload / soak up views for material they did not create and don't have the rights to use? Because that's a hot-point of discussion in some creative circles as well.

[Houshalter]

Facebook's freebooting is pretty terrible. But this can destroy entire websites. The title is misleading. Google isn't just not punishing thieves, it's heavily punishing the originals. They dropped from 20th result, to 100+, because someone stole their content.

[6stringmerc]

Yikes! That is much worse, at least based on your note. Do you think this is an area where the EFF could litigate on behalf of the original creators in a fraud context? Just curious, and also grateful to not be dealing with such a horrible prospect.